Those examples are just the tip of the iceberg and are more than just an annoyance more than just a hurdle; they can derail a career and turn a college graduate into at best a waiter, fast food worker, or stock person at worst, a welfare recipient. Even when career services is somewhat functional it may not bode well for the student; in one case a student went back to their career services department after searching for employment for an extended period of time and was told they could be set up with an internship. However, the only internship they could find for a student with an associates in business was a minimum wage position in a neighboring towns casino. Accredited colleges routinely are behind the times in what they offer students in and out of academics; career service departments and academic professionals alike fail to dispel the common belief among both students and the general public that a degree will get your foot in the door, when experience is becoming almost more important. Coupled with that, colleges are unprepared to provide internships for the majority of their degrees; appropriate staff do not even mention known opportunities or attempt to arrange them, in a time where it takes someone from a job center or college career services to liaison with area companies to keep longstanding positions for students or create new ones based on specific student interests or to give a wider rage of work experience choices.

This lawsuit is a signal and a sign that itâ€™s time for colleges to step up to the needs and demands of students making sure that they are aware of the experience requirements along with degree requirements necessary for success in the working world. Colleges need to advertize their career service departments and make sure every student knows where it is and what it does; staff in these areas need to be able to provide a quick rundown of the services offered and how students might use them, coordinate internships for students, offer contact information for school activities students will want to join to aid them in their career field rather than the haphazard systems we have now. If the institution cannot find or create internships or other work experience opportunities in a degree field then they should not offer it. There should be review boards that handle issues like those brought about in this lawsuit, and part of the accreditation process should be an intense evaluation of career services offered by the institution. And those that continually fail said scrutiny should face losing accreditation. Contrary to the news anchors tone, it isnâ€™t about this young womanâ€™s GPA, itâ€™s not even an inability to demonstrate the skills she was supposed to learn; itâ€™s the complete non existence of any opportunity to demonstrate those skills. This is not about frivolity; itâ€™s about a panicked person who has nowhere else to go, so they turned to the legal system. People can scoff all they want at the 3 months she spent looking for a job; if it was 3 years would that make a difference in the court of public opinion? And is this young person supposed to wait that long before seeking some recourse to the mess their life is about to become, in a climate where with a degree they may very will find themselves overqualified for minimum wage, get a job type work, and under qualified for jobs in their area of study. The aforementioned scenario leaving them jobless and hopeless despite doing what society and career advisors told them to do; we should be surprised we donâ€™t see more of this not less. Dismissing it as frivolous or ridiculous only insures we see more of these types of legal issues, as students have nowhere else to turn.

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